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. 2022 Feb 7;20(2):127. doi: 10.3390/md20020127

Table 2.

The purity and recovery of fucoxanthin from the P. tricornutum biomass obtained by supercritical fluid extraction under 30 MPa and 30 °C at different concentrations of co-solvent conditions.

Co-Solvent
(Ethanol, % v/v)
Ethanol + CO2
(g/min)
Fucoxanthin Purity
(mg/g Extract)
Fucoxanthin Recovery
(% w/w)
10 3.406 22.06 ± 1.92 ab 12.69 ± 1.14 a
20 3.208 28.65 ± 0.49 b 41.68 ± 0.71 b
30 3.002 13.75 ± 0.65 a 34.17 ± 1.61 b
40 2.801 85.03 ± 7.67 c 66.60 ± 6.00 c
50 2.591 74.73 ± 2.45 c 39.46 ± 1.29 b

Different superscripted alphabets (a–c) indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) and the data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3, SD ≤ 5%).